Former for powder-packets.



7 No. 896,180. I r PATENTE'DAUG.18, 1908.

L. VAUGHAN.

FORMER FOR POWDER PACKETS. APPLICATION :ILBD SEPT. 27,1907.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS VAUGHAN, OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM R.

' WAGGENER, OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA.

FORMER FOR POWDER-PACKETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed September 27, 1907. Serial No. 394,852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIs VAUGHAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of the city of Blair, in the county of Washington and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Formers for Powder-Packets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in advertising devices having an additional useful purpose by which means the advertisement is often brought into or continuously kept in view; and the objects of my improvement are to provide means, to facilitate uniformly folding the ends of different sizes of packages of dispensed medicinal powders, by

a device easily and securely fastened to a druggists or doctors prescri tion case or table-top, and that can be folded back out of the way when not in use, but always carrying an advertising surface in sight. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- I Figure 1 is a perspective view of the com plete assembled device fastened to a portion of a case-top; Fig. 2, a vertical section on the broken lines at and-d of Figs. 1 and 3; and

Fig. 3, is a perspective top view of thelower or base-plate 4.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A sheet-metal base-plate 4 has the central perforation 13, and in a circle concentric with said perforation the evenly spaced funnelshaped openings or cavities 7, 7, etc. These 7 funnel-shaped cavities are formed by making transverse cuts through the metal and then bending the converging points downward with a conically pointed punch; the points thus forming the teeth 6, 6, &c. on the bot tom of the plate.

The sheet-metal top or rotary-plate consists of three radial arms 3, 1 and 2 of different widths and joining in a hub ortion agreeing in outline with the base-p ate; it has a central perforation agreeing in size and position with the perforation 13 in the baselate and through these perforations the eyelet 9 is closed to pivot the two plates together.

Through this eyelet the screw 8 is inserted and driven into any supporting sub-base like the top 11 of the case 14, to fasten the device thereon. The teeth 6, 6, etc., are thereby forced into the upper surface of the top of 5 5 such sub-b ase and prevent the b ase-plate from turning when the rotary-plate is revolved.

The depressions 5, 5, etc., are made by a convex-pointed punch driven into the top surface of the plate which thus forms convex protuberances on the under or contact side of the rotary-plate; these protuberances are disposed so as to register with the four cavities 7, 7, etc., and by the resilience of the rotary-plate enter said cavities and lock the plate with either of the three arms projecting beyond the edge of the sub-base or casetop, or with all the arms turned back out of the way as indicated by the broken lines 12 in Fig. 1.

In folding the papers containing dispensed medicinal powders the packets are first folded lengthwise the side edges being folded in together in the usual manner; then the acket 10 is laced centrally across the former-arm, wfiich is first selected as to width for the size of the packet to be folded and turned to the desired position,as arm 2 in Fig. 1 then with the fingers the projecting ends of the acket are bent downward, as 10, and final y closed up under the former as shown at the opposite end of the packet then the completed packet is drawn ofi over the end 2' of the former-arm.

The top surface of the rotary-plate bears the desired advertisement as suggested by the lettering shown thereon in Fig. 1.

I claim:

1. A device to facilitate hand folding the ends of powder packets, comprising, a rotator latehavingapivotalperforation, and radia fbrmer arms of different permanent widths on said plate.

2. A device to facilitate hand folding the ends of powder packets, comprising, a baseplate, a rotary-plate of sheet metal ivoted on said baselate, and an integra radial former-arm o permanent width on said rotary-plate.

3. A device to facilitate hand folding the ends of powder packets, comprising, a baseplate, a rotary-plate pivoted on said baseplate, and radial former arms of different permanent widths on said rotary-plate.

4. A device to facilitate folding the ends of powder packets, comprising, a base-plate having a perforation, a rotary-plate having a radial arm and a perforation, an eyelet closed through said perforations, the baseplate having a-cavity, and a protuberance on the rotary-plate to releasably engage in said cavity by the resilience of said rotary-plate.

5. The combination of, a base-plate, a rotary-plate pivoted on said base-plate, radial I perforation; a rotatory-plate having radial arms of different widths on said rotary-plate, the base-plate having a circular row of cavities concentric With the pivot, and a protuberance on the rotary-plate to register in said cavities.

- 6. A device to facilitate folding the ends of powder packets, comprising, a base-plate having a toothed bottom, a perforation, and cavities ranged concentrically around said arms of difierent Widths, and a erforation; an eyelet closed through said per oration is'to pivot said plates together, and a protuberance on the rotator late to en a e in the 15 1 Y5 g g ate. QUIS VAUGHAN.

cavities of said base- Witnesses GEO. A. DERBY, S. W. CHAMBERS. 

